Atletico Madrid are close to sealing a homecoming for , according to reports in Spain.

The Chelsea-owned forward joined AC Milan on a two-year loan deal in the summer, but the Serie A club are already looking to ship him out after an unimpressive first semester at the San Siro.

Diego Simeone is willing to bring Torres home, but it involved a complicated negotiation with Chelsea and Milan, that sees the Italian giants covering the Spaniard's wages.

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And Madrid-based sports daily AS claims that Milan and Atleti have now agreed a deal that will see Italy winger Alessio Cerci trade places with Torres after failing to break into the Spanish champions' first team.